Bermudagrass named `TifEagle`

ABSTRACT

&#39;TifEagle&#39; is a dense fine-textured triploid (2n=3x=27 chromosomes) bermudagrass which has use on golf greens and other areas requiring mowing heights at 6 mm or less. The grass produces more shoots per unit area that are shorter with narrower and shorter leaves than &#39;Tifdwarf&#39;, the previous cultivar of choice for high quality putting greens mowed at 6 mm or less on golf courses where burmudagrass is preferred. &#39;TifEagle&#39; consistently produced better quality turf and color than &#39;Tifdwarf&#39; at mowing heights less than 6 mm. It shows more resistance than &#39;Tifdwarf&#39; to the tawny mole cricket after one year of establishment.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW VARIETY

Burmudagrass, Cynodon spp. (L) Pers is a warm-season, perennial,sod-forming grass that spreads by stolons and rhizomes. Bermudagrassprobably originated from Africa and South and Southeast Asia but it hasbeen introduced to all tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

The genus has been observed to survive at 50° N. in Europe and to 4000 melevation in the Himalayas. It is also found in the Pacific, Atlanticand Indian Oceans.

Roots and rhizomes of this genus can penetrate the soil to a depth of 1m or more. A large amount of morphological variation exists in thisspecies.

Both common and triploid hybrid types are used for turf. Common typeshave 2n=18 or 36 chromosomes and usually produce seeds. Triploid hybridshave 2n=3=27 chromosomes and are male and female sterile. Both can bepropagated by stolons and/or rhizomes. Only common burmudagrass typescan be propagated by seeds.

Burmadagrass can be used to produce an attractive wear-resistant turf ifmanaged properly. `Tifway II° (unpatented) is a medium fine 2n=3x=27chromosome cultivar induced in `Tifway` (unpatented) with 9,000 rads ofgamma radiation of dormant stolons and released by the USDA-ARS and theUniversity of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station in 1981 for usein USDA plant hardiness zones 8 and higher (USDA Agricultural Handbook170). `Tifway II` has good pest resistance and wear tolerance.`Tifdwarf` (unpatented) is a fine 2n=3x=27 chromosome cultivar selectedon a small patch about 460 mm in diameter growing on a golf green at theCountry Club, Florence, S.C. It was evaluated and released by theUSDA-ARS and the University of Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Stationin 1965 for use in USDA plant hardiness zone 8 and higher (USDAAgricultural Handbook 170). `Tifdwarf` is the cultivar of choice forhigh quality putting greens mowed at 6 mm or less on golf courses wherebermudagrass is preferred (in general, 32° north and south of theequator).

Although `Tifdwarf` is mowed down to 3 mm height on some golf coursesfor short periods of time, the density of the turf rapidly becomes thincontributing to weed and algae problems. There is an increased emphasiseach year to mow bermudagrass greens at 3 mm for longer periods of timeto produce faster ball roll on the greens. A burmudagrass is needed thatwill maintain good turf quality (affected by density) when mowed at 3 mmfor long periods of time.

Mutagens have been used to induce dwarfness in numerous croops. Aninduced fine-textured mutant in `Tifway II` will combine good pestresistance, wear tolerance and high turf quality in another genotype.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

`TifEagle` is a dense, fine-textured triploid (2n=3x=27 chromosomes)bermudagrass which has use on golf greens and other areas requiringmowing heights at 6 mm or less. The grass produces more shoots per unitarea that are shorter with narrower and shorter leaves than `Tifdwarf`.It consistently produced better quality turf and color than `Tifdwarf`at mowing heights less than 6 mm. It shows more resistance than`Tifdwarf` to the tawny mole cricket after the grass was established forone year.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a photograph of `TifEagle` as it was originally found in 1990as a dense offtype (arrow) in a plot of Mutant number 2 that was derivedfrom irradiated dormant stolons of `Tifway 2` and mowed at 6 mmbeginning in the spring of 1989.

FIG. 2 is a photograph of `TifEagle` (a) and `Tifdwarf` (b) mowed at 6mm height showing the finer texture and more dense growth of `TifEagle`compared to `Tifdwarf`.

FIG. 3 is a photograph of `Tifdwarf` mowed at 3 mm height showing theopen plant canopy and growth of algae (dark areas).

FIG. 4 is a photograph of `TifEagle` mowed at 3 mm height (growingadjacent to `Tifdwarf` in FIG. 3) showing dense plant canopy andhigh-quality turf.

FIG. 5 is a photograph of a typical stolon of `TifEagle`.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT

Bermudagrass `TifEagle` is a fine-textured mutant selected from plantsestablished from dormant stolons of the `Tifway II` cultivar of Cynodondactylon (L.) Pers.×C. transvaalensis Butt-Davy treated with 7000 radsof Cobalt 60 gamma radiation on Jan. 12, 1988. Dormant stolons of`Tifway II` were obtained from a plot maintained by Dr. G. W. Burton atthe Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, Ga. Raddiation treatedstolons were planted in steam-sterilized soil in flats in the greenhouseat Tifton, Ga. immediately after treatment. Forty-eight putativefine-textured mutants were selected, but only 45 of the putative mutantssurvived and were individually propagated. On Jul. 11, 1988, theseputative mutants were planted in the center of 1.8 mm×2.6 m plots andallowed to spread and cover the plots. Beginning in April, 1989, andcontinuing through the growing season in 1990, the plots were mowed at 6mm three times per week. In July 1990, a dense fine-textured off-typegrass that did well at 6 mm mowing height was observed in putativemutant number 2 which was originally selected as a fine-texturedoff-type. The dense off-type mutant was vegetatively increased, testedas TW 72 and later named `TifEagle`. `TifEagle` has been tested inTifton, Ga.; Savannah, Ga.; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; West Palm Beach, Fla.;Hobe Sound, Fla.; Pinehurst, N.C.; and Memphis, Tenn.

`TifEagle` has 2n=3x=27 chromosomes like `Tifway II` and `Tifdwarf` butis morphologically more similar to `Tifdwarf` than to `Tifway II`. Ithas been asexually reproduced by vegetative propagation of shoots,stolon, or rhizomes through plugging, sprigging and sodding. `TifEagle`is a single genotype that produces a uniform turf. It has beenpropagated true-to-type from 1990 to 1997.

`TifEagle` has been evaluated in 11 experiments at eight locations(including six golf courses). For comparison to standardized measures,we generally use the 1 to 9 rating system adopted and used by theNational Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP). We use the modified 1 to 5system when variation for a characteristic is limited at a particularrating date. Specifically:

Quality is an overall rating that considers density, color and pestresistance for the cultivar to produce a desirable putting surface on agolf green. 1=poor and 9=excellent

Color is based on The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Charts (1966).Specifically for this cultivar:

    ______________________________________                                        For 1 to 9 rating scale:                                                                         For 1 to 5 rating scale:                                   ______________________________________                                        9 = RHS 137A       5 = RHS 137A                                               8 = RHS 137B       4 = RHS 137C                                               7 = RHS 137C       3 = RHS 146C                                               6 = RHS 146B       2 = RHS 145B                                               5 = RHS 146C       1 = RHS 199B                                               4 = RHS 146D                                                                  3 = RHS 145B                                                                  2 = RHS 145C                                                                  1 = RHS 199B                                                                  ______________________________________                                    

Greenup is the percent of plot area with green leaves. Specifically:

    ______________________________________                                        For 1 to 9 rating scale:                                                                         For 1 to 5 rating scale:                                   ______________________________________                                        9 = greater than 90%                                                                             5 = greater than 80%                                       8 = 80 to 89%        4 = 60 to 79%                                            7 = 70 to 79%        3 = 40 to 59%                                            6 = 60 to 79%        2 = 1 to 39%                                             5 = 50 to 59%        1 = 0%                                                   4 = 40 to 49%                                                                 3 = 20 to 39%                                                                 2 = 1 to 19%                                                                  1 = 0%                                                                        ______________________________________                                    

Density is the percent of ground surface covered by grass. Specifically:

    ______________________________________                                        For 1 to 9 rating scale:                                                      ______________________________________                                        9 = greater than 90% 4 = 40 to 49%                                            8 = 80 to 89%        3 = 30 to 39%                                            7 = 70 to 79%        2 = 20 to 29%                                            6 = 60 to 79%        1 = less than 20%                                        5 = 50 to 59%                                                                 ______________________________________                                    

Seed Heads are the percent of upright shoots with a seed head.Specifically:

    ______________________________________                                        For 1 to 9 rating scale:                                                      ______________________________________                                        9 = greater than 90% 4 = 40 to 49%                                            8 = 80 to 89%        3 = 20 to 39%                                            7 = 70 to 79%        2 = 1 to 19%                                             6 = 60 to 69%        1 = 0%                                                   5 = 50 to 59%                                                                 ______________________________________                                    

Mole cricket data estimates the percent of area with mole crickettunnels. Specifically:

    ______________________________________                                        For 1 to 9 rating                                                                         For 1 to 5 rating                                                                            For 0 to 5 rating                                  scale:      scale:         scale:                                             ______________________________________                                        9 = greater than 90%                                                                      5 = greater than 80%                                                                         5 = greater than 80%                               8 = 80 to 89%                                                                             4 = 60 to 79%  4 = 60 to 79%                                      7 = 70 to 79%                                                                             3 = 40 to 59%  3 = 40 to 59%                                      6 = 60 to 69%                                                                             2 = 1 to 39%   2 = 20 to 39%                                      5 = 50 to 59%                                                                             1 = 0%         1 = 1 to 19%                                       4 = 40 to 49%              0 = 0%                                             3 = 20 to 39%                                                                 2 = 1 to 19%                                                                  1 = 0%                                                                        ______________________________________                                    

Dollar spot ratings are the percent of leaf area infected with thedisease. Specifically:

    ______________________________________                                                  For the 1 to 5 rating scale:                                        ______________________________________                                                  5 = greater than 80%                                                          4 = 50 to 79%                                                                 3 = 20 to 49%                                                                 2 = 1 to 19%                                                                  1 = 0%                                                              ______________________________________                                    

In all experiments, the bermudagrass entries were replicated andanalyzed statistically. Significant refers to the P=0.05 probabilitylevel.

`TifEagle` produced significantly better quality (8.6 on a scale where 9is best) turf than `Tifdwarf` (7.5) in three of four years in a 1991test and one of two years of each 1994 and 1995 tests when mowed at 6 mmheight at Tifton, Ga. In tests at seven locations where experiments weremowed less than 6 mm height, `TifEagle` always produced significantlybetter quality turf than `Tifdwarf`. Turf quality was 8.4 versus 5.1 at3 mm mowing height, 7.9 versus 5.7 at 4 mm mowing height and 8.5 versus7.3 at 5 mm mowing height for `TifEagle` versus `Tifdwarf`,respectively. At mowing heights below 6 mm, `TifEagle` produced a moredense turf that did not allow algae to grow. Because of these and theother improved characteristics described here, TifEagle performs best ata daily mowing height of 3 mm.

`TifEagle` had a significantly higher stimp meter reading or speed ofball roll (8.2 feet) than `Tifdwarf` (7.6 feet).

After the year of establishment and in high populations of tawny molecrickets (Scapteriscus vicinus), `TifEagle` showed significantly lessdamage (3.0 on a scale of 1 to 9 where 1 is no damage) to this insectthan `Tifdwarf` (6.0).

No seed heads have been observed on `TifEagle` whereas varying numbershave been observed on `Tifdwarf` in May and June.

At a 3 mm mowing height, `TifEagle` had significantly better color than`Tifdwarf`. This is due in large part to more leaves remaining on`TifEagle`, whereas more leaves are removed on `Tifdwarf` at this mowingheight. At a 6 mm mowing height, `TifEagle` has a subtle lighter greencolor than `Tifdwarf` which is noticeable if they are growing side byside. This is probably due to less anthocyanin in leaves of `TifEagle`than in `Tifdwarf` and is reflected in less red plant discoloration in`TifEagle` in the fall in certain years due to cool nights before theplants go dormant.

Thatch is the thickness in millimeters of the dead material above thesoil surface.

`TifEagle` produces significantly more thatch (about 25%) than`Tifdwarf`. The thatch can be controlled with verticutting, topdressingand/or grooming to produce a desirable putting surface.

The fluorescent-labeled AFLP method was used to detect DNA fragmentsthat could be used to distinguish `TifEagle`, `Tifway II`, `Tifdwarf`and `FHB-135` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,030) now being marketed as`FloraDwarf`. `Tifway II` is morphologically distinct (taller andcoarser) from `TifEagle` and the primer pair M-CAT/E-ACC was used todetect 10 DNA fragments unique to `TifEagle` in the 320 to 500 bp rangebut not present in `Tifway II`. `TifEagle`, `Tifdwarf` and `FloraDwarf`are more similar in growth habit. The primer pair M-CAT/E-ACC was usedto identify three DNA fragments in the 210 to 325 bp range and two DNAfragments in the 600 to 640 bp range found in `Tifdwarf` but not in`TifEagle`. The primer pair M-CAA/E-AGG was used to identify three DNAfragments in the 600 to 640 bp range found in `FloraDwarf` but not in`TifEagle`.

In 7-week-old unmowed plots, green root-shoot weight of `TifEagle` (8.65g) was similar to `Tifdwarf` (7.24 g) but significantly higher than thatof `FloraDwarf` (5.01 g). Number of shoots per 1963 mm² for `TifEagle`(129) was significantly higher than for `Tifdwarf` (103) but similar to`FloraDwarf` (115). Shoot length of `TifEagle` (17.8 mm) wassignificantly less than `Tifdwarf` (22.5 mm) but similar to `FloraDwarf`(17.7 mm). Leaves of `TifEagle` (10.2 mm) were significantly shorterthan those of `Tifdwarf` (13.4 mm) but significantly longer than thoseof `FloraDwarf` (7.5 mm). Leaves of `TifEagle` (1.14 mm) weresignificantly narrower than those of `Tifdwarf` (1.28 mm) but similar inwidth to those of `FloraDwarf` (1.23 mm). Length of the first and thirdfully extended internodes of `TifEagle` (10.5 and 10.3 mm) from the endof a juvenile stolon were significantly shorter than those of `Tifdwarf`(13.2 and 11.8 mm) but similar to those of `FloraDwarf` (9.5 and 10.2mm), respectively.

In approximately one-year-old plots mowed at 6 mm, `TifEagle` producedsignificantly more shoots (180) per 1963 mm² than `Tifdwarf` (137) but asimilar amount compared to `FloraDwarf` (189). Green shoot-root weightwas similar for `TifEagle` (14.15 g), `Tifdwarf` (15.94 g) and`FloraDwarf` (14.67 g).

In addition, TifEagle bermudagrass demonstrates the following majorcharacteristics:

Culm length is presented in Table 22 as shoot length. Culms average2.9±0.4 leaves per node. Culm diameter is not presented because the verysmall diameter (1 mm or less) of `TifEagle` culms precludes meaningfulmeasurements to show differences among these dwarf bermudagrasses.Similarly, the average number of roots per node is also not presented.Roots per node can be affected by soil moisture, contact with soil, soiltexture, etc. This high environmental variability makes comparison dataunreliable and not meaningful.

Leaf blade length and width are given in Table 22. In addition, leavesare fine-textured and have a linear-lanceolate shape with shorttrichomes on the margin. The adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces areglabrous.

Leaf sheath is glabrous. Sheaths on juvenile or new growth on stolonshave a R.H.S. 59A color (Royal Horticultural Society). This color is notexpressed in mature plant growth.

Ligule is a conspicuous ring of white hairs averaging 0.11±0.01(mean±standard error) millimeters (mm) in length. Either end of liguleaverage 2.8±0.2 longer hairs that average 4.6±0.3 mm long.

Internode length for the first, second and third fully extendedinternodes beginning from the growing point of a stolon are given inTable 22 of the application.

Rhizome weights from 10 cm plugs were 14.1 and 15.9 g (5% LSD=2.9),respectively, for `TifEagle` and `Tifdwarf`.

Spike, spikelet, glum, and lemma data are not available because TifEaglehas never flowered at the Tifton site.

                  TABLE A1                                                        ______________________________________                                        Turf quality of Tifdwarf and TifEagle bermudagrass mowed at                   6 mm (1/4 inch) at Tifton, Georgia (This is a yearly                          summary for the tests at Tifton, Georgia).                                    ______________________________________                                        Quality*                                                                      1991 test**           1992 test                                                      1992***  1993   1994  1995 1993  1994 1995                             ______________________________________                                        Tifdwarf                                                                             7.6       7.8    8.2   8.3  8.4   8.0 8.3                              TifEagle                                                                             7.9      8.6    8.8   9.0  8.4   8.1  7.9                              5% LSD 0.4      0.4    0.4   0.5  0.5   0.6  0.8                              ______________________________________                                                           Quality*                                                                      1994 test                                                                             1995 test                                                               1995   1996   1995 1996                                  ______________________________________                                                      Tifdwarf                                                                             8.4    6.3    7.5  6.7                                                 TifEagle                                                                             8.9    8.3    8.3  8.3                                                 5% LSD 0.9    0.7    0.9  0.8                                   ______________________________________                                         *Ratings: 1 = poor, 9 = best                                                  **Year planted                                                                ***Mean of yearly ratings                                                

                  TABLE 1                                                         ______________________________________                                        1992 ratings on turf increase blocks of bermurdagrass                         hybrids established in 1991. (turfb92)                                        Quality                                                                       Entry   6/23   8/4*     9/1  9/25   11/23                                                                              Average                              ______________________________________                                        MI53    8.0    8.0      7.0  7.3    7.0  7.4                                  Tifdwarf                                                                                            8.0                                                                              8.3       8.0                                                                                          7.6                         Tifgreen                                                                                           7.5                                                                               7.0       7.3                                                                                          7.2                         TW61                  6.5                                                                              7.0       7.3                                                                                          7.0                         Tifeagle                                                                                            8.0                                                                              8.3       8.0                                                                                          7.9                         T582                  7.0                                                                              8.0       8.0                                                                                          7.9                         Anova               .0357                                                                                .0002                                                                                  .1119                                                                          .0297                                                                                    .0072                         CV                      54                                                                                             8                                                                                        2                         5% LSD                0.9                                                                                 0.5                                                                                      1.0                                                                                      0.4                         ______________________________________                                         Quality                                                                          1 = poor                                                                      9 = best                                                                   Note: Four random ratings were made on 10 m × 10 m increase blocks      established in 1991. Mowed at 6 mm.                                      

                  TABLE 2                                                         ______________________________________                                        1992 rating on turf increase blocks of bermudagrass hybrids                   hybrids established in l991. (turfb92)                                               Color                                                                  Entry    11/23     12/4*  12/10   1/11 Average                                ______________________________________                                        MI53     4.0       3.7    3.0     2.3  3.3                                    Tifdwarf    4.0                               2.3 2.3                         Tifgreen    3.0                               2.5 2.0                         TW61            3.0                                                                                                         2.4 2.0                         TifEagle    4.0                               3.2 3.7                         T582            5.0                                                                                                         4.6 3.3                         Anova         .0001                                                                                                       .0001028                          CV       .         11     9       17   5                                      5% LSD   .         0.7    0.4     0.8  0.3                                    ______________________________________                                         Color                                                                           1 = brown                                                                     5 = dark green                                                              Note: Four randon ratings were made on 10 m × 10 m increase blocks      established in 1991. Mowed at 6 mm.                                      

                  TABLE 3                                                         ______________________________________                                        1993 quality ratings taken on turf increase blocks of                         bermudagrass hybrid planted in 1991. ((t95-96)(turfb93))                      Quality                                                                       Entry  4/23    06/9   7/16  9/16 10/19 11/23                                                                              Average                           ______________________________________                                        MI53   7.8     8.0    7.5   6.0  7.8   9.0  7.7                               Tifdwarf                                                                             7.5     8.0    7.8   8.0  8.0   7.8  7.8                               Tifgreen                                                                             7.0     8.0    7.3   7.0  7.8   7.8  7.4                               TW61   7.3     8.5    7.0   6.5  6.8   6.5  7.1                               TifEagle                                                                             8.3     8.8    8.8   9.0  8.5   8.5  8.6                               T582   8.5     8.0    8.3   8.8  9.0   9.0  8.6                               Anova  .0164   .0155  .0012 .0001                                                                              .0001 .0001                                                                              .0001                             CV     7       4      6     7    5     6    3                                 5% LSD .91     .49    .72   .80  .65   .71  .37                               ______________________________________                                         Quality ratings:                                                              1 = poor                                                                      9 = best                                                                      Quality ratings on 11/23, some low quality ratings due to mole cricket        damage.                                                                       Four randon ratings were made on 10 m × 10 m increase blocks            established in 1991. Plots were mowed at 6 mm.                           

                  TABLE 4                                                         ______________________________________                                        1993 greenup, color and mole cricket damage ratings taken on turf             increase blocks of bermudagrass hybrids planted in 1991.                      ((t95-96)(turfb93))                                                           Greenup     Color          Mole cricket damage                                Entry  3/30     4/23   12/17 Average                                                                             10/20                                                                              12/17                                                                              Average                          ______________________________________                                        MI53   2.0      4.0    5.5   4.8   1.0  1.0  1.0                              Tifdwarf                                                                             3.3      5.0    4.0   4.5   3.5  4.8  4.1                              Tifgreen                                                                             3.5      3.5    3.0   3.3   2.8  2.8  2.8                              TW61   1.5      3.8    3.8   3.8   2.5  5.3  3.9                              TifEagle                                                                             3.8      5.0    3.0   4.0   3.3  4.3  3.8                              T582   2.5      4.0    7.0   5.5   1.8  1.5                                   Anova  .0001    .0001  .0001 .0001 .0001                                                                              .0001                                                                              .0001                            CV     16       10     8     6     21   18   12                               5% LSD .67      .44    .49   .40   .79  .34  .52                              ______________________________________                                         Greenup ratings:  Color ratings:                                              1 = brown     1 = brown                                                       5 = green      5 = green                                                      Mole cricket damage ratings on 10/20:                                         1 = no mole cricket damage                                                    5 = susceptible                                                               Mole cricket damage ratings on 12/17                                          1 = no mole cricket damage                                                    9 = susceptible                                                               Four random ratings were taken on 10 m × 10 m increase blocks           established in 1991. Plots were mowed at 6 mm.                           

                  TABLE 5                                                         ______________________________________                                        1994 ratings on turf increase blocks of bermudagrass                          planted in 1991.(Turff94)                                                     ______________________________________                                        Quality                Color                                                                                                  Ave-                          Entry  5/13   7/8    8/19 11/27                                                                              Average                                                                             11/27                                                                              12/31*                                                                              rage                          ______________________________________                                        Tifdwarf                                                                             8.5    7.5    8.3  8.5  8.2   8.0  3.0   5.5                           Tifgreen                                                                             8.0    5.3    7.0  6.3  6.6   6.5  2.0   4.3                           TifEagle                                                                             8.8    8.5    9.0  9.0  8.8   7.8  2.5   5.1                           Anova  .1780  .0004  .0002                                                                              .0005                                                                              .0001 .0027                                                                              .8022 .0478                         CV     6      8      4    6    3     5    40    11                            5% LSD .86    .95    .49  .86  .39   .64  1.73  .97                           ______________________________________                                                       Dollar spot   Thatch                                                          No Fungicide                                                                           Fungicide                                                                              mm                                                     Entry  2/3             1/11/95                                      ______________________________________                                                  Tifdwarf                                                                             1.5        1.0      15.1                                               Tifgreen                                                                             1.3        1.0      10.4                                               TifEagle                                                                             2.3        1.3      20.1                                               Anova  .1537      .4219    .0001                                              CV     38         27       5                                                  5% LSD 1.1        .49      1.4                                      ______________________________________                                         Quality ratings:  Color ratings:                                              1 = poor      11/27   12/31                                                   9 = best     1 = brown  1 = brown                                                      9 = green   5 = green                                                Fungicide Treatment Dollar spot:                                              1 = none                                                                      5 = 100%                                                                      *Color rating on 12/31 was rated after first light frost.                     Four random ratings were made on 10 m × 10 m increase blocks            established in 1991.                                                          Plots were mowed at 6 mm.                                                

                  TABLE 6                                                         ______________________________________                                        1995 ratings on (Oct. 5) on increase blocks of bermu-                         agrass hybrids established in l991. (turff95)                                                        Mole Cricket                                           Entry                     Damage                    Quality                   ______________________________________                                        Tifdwarf       8.3     3.0                                                    Tifgreen                           3.0               8.3                      TifEagle                           1.5               9.0                      Anova: Rep                       .1170           .0701                              .sup. Entry                                                                                              .0156         .0156                          CV                                  23                       3                5% LSD                             1.0                 0.5                    ______________________________________                                         Quality ratings   Mole Cricket Damage rating                                  1 = poor     0 = none                                                         9 = best    .sup.  5 = susceptible                                            Note:                                                                         Four random ratings were made on 10 m × 10 m increase blocks            established in 1991.                                                     

                  TABLE 7                                                         ______________________________________                                        1993 ratings on 1992 greens test planted 5/18/92. (Greent93)                  ______________________________________                                        Green    Quality                                                                   up                                           Ave-                        Entry                                                                              3/30     4/23   6/9  7/16                                                                               9/16                                                                               10/19                                                                              11/23                                                                             12/17                                                                              rage                        ______________________________________                                        MI22 2.0     7.0    7.5  8.0  7.0  8.0  8.0  7.5  7.6                         MI40 1.5     7.0    7.5  7.0  7.5  7.0  7.5  7.5  7.3                         MI43 1.5     8.0    8.5  7.5  7.0  7.5  7.0  7.5  4.6                         MI5   2.5    7.0    7.5  7.5  7.0  8.0  8.0  8.0  4.6                         Tif- 4.0     8.5    8.0  9.0  9.0  9.0  7.0  8.5  8.4                         dwarf                                                                         Tif- 3.0     8.0    7.0  8.0  7.0  7.5  8.0  8.0  7.6                         green                                                                         TW-  2.0     7.5    7.5  7.0  7.0  5.5  5.0  5.0  6.4                         61                                                                            Tif-  4.0    8.5    8.5  9.0  7.5  8.5  8.0  9.0  8.4                         Eagle                                                                         T501 1.0     6.5    7.0  7.5  6.0  7.0  7.0  7.5  6.9                         T504 3.5     8.0    7.0  5.5  8.0  8.0  7.5  8.5  7.5                         T513 2.0     7.5    7.0  7.0  7.0  8.0  7.5  9.0  7.6                         T529 3.0     7.0    6.0  6.0  6.5  5.5  6.5  6.0  6.2                         T54  2.5     6.5    5.5  6.0  6.0  5.0  4.5  5.5  5.6                         T562 2.0     7.5    7.5  7.0  7.0  7.0  7.0  7.5  7.2                         T563 2.0     7.0    6.0  5.0  5.0  6.0  6.5  7.0  6.1                         T570 4.5     9.0    8.5  9.0  9.0  9.0  8.0  9.0  8.8                         T7   2.0     7.0    8.0  8.0  6.5  7.5  7.5  7.5  7.4                         559  2.0     6.0    6.0  6.0  6.5  5.5  6.0  6.0  6.0                         72-   2.0    7.5    7.0  7.5  6.5  6.5  8.0  7.5  7.2                         117                                                                           72-16                                                                              1.5     7.5    7.5  7.5  6.5  8.0  8.0  8.5  4.6                         Ano-  .0005  .0391  .0013                                                                              .0001                                                                              .0001                                                                              .0001                                                                              .0001                                                                              .0001                                                                              .0001                       va                                                                            CV   25      9      8    8    7    10   7    7    3                           5%   1.2     1.4    1.2  1.1  .9   1.4  1.1  1.0  0.5                         LSD                                                                           ______________________________________                                                               Mole cricket                                                      Color       damage                                                 Entry        11/23  12/17  Average                                                                             10/20                                                                              12/17                                                                              Average                            ______________________________________                                        MI22         4.0    5.0    4.5   1.5  1.5  1.5                                MI40         4.0    5.0    4.5   1.0  1.0  1.0                                MI43         4.0    5.0    4.5   1.5  2.0  1.8                                MI5          4.0    5.0    4.5   1.0  1.5  1.3                                Tifdwarf     3.0    3.0    3.0   3.0  3.5  3.3                                Tifgreen     3.5    4.0    3.8   3.0  3.5  3.3                                TW61         4.0    3.0    3.5   3.0  4.5  3.8                                TifEagle     3.5    2.5    3.0   2.5  2.5  2.5                                T501         4.0    5.5    4.8   1.5  1.5  1.5                                T504         4.0    2.5    3.3   2.5  3.5  3.0                                T513         4.0    6.0    5.0   2.5  2.5  2.5                                T529         3.0    6.0    4.5   1.5  2.0  1.8                                T54          3.5    5.0    4.3   3.0  3.0  3.0                                T562         4.0    4.5    4.3   1.5  2.0  1.8                                T563         3.0    3.0    3.0   2.0  1.5  1.8                                T570         4.0    2.0    3.0   2.5  2.5  2.5                                T7           4.0    5.0    4.5   1.0  1.0  1.0                                559          2.0    5.0    3.5   1.0  1.0  1.0                                72-117       4.0    5.0    4.5   1.0  1.0  1.0                                72-16        4.0    5.0    4.5   1.0  1.0  1.0                                Anova        .0069  .0001  .0002 .0027                                                                              .0001                                                                              .0002                              CV           12     15     10    31   27   27                                 5% LSD       .8     1.3    0.8   1.2  1.2  1.2                                ______________________________________                                         green up ratings  quality ratings                                             1 = brown     1 = poor                                                        5 = green    .sup.  9 = best                                                  Color ratings  mole cricket damage ratings                                    1 = brown   1 = no mole crickets                                              5 = green   .sup. 5 = susceptible                                             Quality ratings on 6/9 was rated before nitrogen applied.                     Quality ratings on 11-23, some low quality rates due to mole cricket          damage.                                                                       Test consisted of 2.6 m × 2.9 m plots with two replications.            Test cut at 6 mm.                                                        

                  TABLE 8                                                         ______________________________________                                        1994 ratings on 1992 greens test planted in 5-8-92. (greent94)                ______________________________________                                               Quality                                                                Entry    5/13     7/8    8/19    11/27                                                                              Average                                 ______________________________________                                        MI22         8.5  7.0    6.0     7.0  7.1                                     MI40         8.0  7.0    6.0     7.0  7.0                                     MI43         7.5  7.0    6.0     6.5  6.8                                     MI5           8.0 7.0    6.0     5.5  6.6                                     Tifdwarf 9.0      8.0    8.5     6.5  8.0                                     Tifgreen 8.0      6.0    6.5     7.5  7.0                                     TW61         7.0  7.0    7.0     8.0  7.3                                     TifEagle 9.0      8.5    9.0     6.0  8.1                                     T501        8.0   7.0    5.5     7.0  6.9                                     T504        8.5   6.5    7.0     7.0  7.3                                     T513        8.0   6.0    6.5     8.0  7.1                                     T529        5.0   4.5    5.0     7.5  5.5                                     T54          5.0  5.0    6.5     7.0  5.9                                     T562        7.0   7.0    6.0     7.0  6.8                                     T563        6.0   4.5    5.5     7.0  5.8                                     T570        9.0   8.0    7.5     4.5  7.3                                     T7            8.0 7.0    6.0     7.0  7.0                                     559          5.0  3.5    5.5     8.0  5.5                                     72-117    8.0     7.0    6.0     7.5  7.1                                     72-16      7.5    7.0    6.0     4.5  6.3                                     Anova      .0165  .7894  .2585   .3299                                                                              .0001                                   CV            6   9      8       9    4                                       5% LSD    1.0     1.2    1.1     1.3  0.6                                     ______________________________________                                                                         Dollar                                                Color           Thatch  spot                                         Entry      2/11*  11/27  12/31**                                                                             Average                                                                             1/11/95                                                                             6/3                                ______________________________________                                        MI22          1.5 7.0    4.0   4.2   12.0  1.0                                MI40          1.0 6.5    4.0   3.8   13.3  1.5                                MI43          1.5 6.5    4.0   4.0   11.8  1.0                                MI5            1.5                                                                              7.0    4.0   4.2   12.8  1.0                                Tifdwarf   3.0    6.5    1.0   3.5   13.8  2.0                                Tifgreen   3.0    7.0    2.0   4.0   11.3  1.5                                TW61          2.0 9.0    3.0   4.7   9.8   1.0                                TifEagle   2.5    6.5    1.0   3.3   20.5  1.5                                T501          2.0 6.5    4.0   4.2   11.8  1.0                                T504          2.5 6.5    1.5   3.5   11.3  1.5                                T513          3.0 6.5    4.0   4.5   7.5   1.0                                T529          2.0 8.0    4.0   4.7   8.8   1.0                                T54            2.0                                                                              6.5    4.0   4.2   11.5  1.0                                T562          1.0 6.5    4.0   3.8   12.8  1.0                                T563          2.5 7.0    3.0   4.2   8.8   1.0                                T570          2.5 4.5    1.0   2.7   14.5  1.0                                T7              1.5                                                                             6.5    4.0   4.0   11.5  1.0                                559            1.5                                                                              7.5    3.5   4.2   11.3  1.0                                72-117      1.0   7.0    4.0   4.0   11.0  1.0                                72-16        2.0  5.5    4.0   3.8   13.3  1.0                                Anova        .3299                                                                              .0705  .0553 .0076 .0625 .3299                              CV              24                                                                              11     15    9     18    27                                 5% LSD      0.9   1.5    1.0   0.8   4.5   0.7                                ______________________________________                                         Quality ratings:  Color ratings:                                              1 = poor      11/27   12/31 & 2/11                                            9 = best     1 = brown 1 = brown                                                       9 = green  5 = green                                                 Dollar spot ratings                                                           1 = none                                                                      5 = 100%                                                                      Thatch thickness is in mm.                                                    *Color ratings on 2/11 were made for greenup.                                 **Color ratings on 12/31 were made after first light frost.                   Test consisted of 2.6 m × 2.9 m plots with two replications.       

                  TABLE 9                                                         ______________________________________                                        1995 ratings on 1992 greens test. (Greent95)                                  ______________________________________                                               Quality on:                                                            Entry    5/25*    7/11**  10/4   11/9 Average                                 ______________________________________                                        MI22                   8.0                                                                              8.0    7.5  7.8                                     Tift 94     7.5   7.0     8.0    7.0  7.4                                     MI43              8.05    7.5    7.0  7.5                                     MI5               8.0.5   7.5    6.5  7.4                                     Tifdwarf       8.0                                                                              8.5     8.5    8.0  8.3                                     Tifgreen       7.5                                                                              7.0     7.0    7.0  7.1                                     TW61              7.05    7.5    6.5  7.1                                     TifEagle       7.5                                                                              8.0     8.5    7.5  7.9                                     T501              7.05    5.0    7.0  6.4                                     T504              7.50    8.0    7.5  7.8                                     T513              7.00    7.5    7.0  6.9                                     T529              3.50    4.5    5.5  4.6                                     T54               5.0.0   5.0    5.0  5.0                                     T562              7.50    6.5    6.5  7.1                                     T563              3.55    4.5    5.0  4.6                                     T570              9.00    9.0    9.0  8.8                                     T7                7.07.5  7.5    7.5  7.4                                     559               5.0.0   5.0    5.0  5.0                                     72-117           8.0                                                                            7.0     7.0    6.5  7.1                                     72-16             8.0                                                                           7.0     6.5    7.5  7.3                                     Anova                                                                         Rep               .8154   .8252  1.0  .8296                                   Entry             .0001                                                                         .0001   .0001  .0001                                                                              .0001                                   CV                10 7    10     8    5                                       5% LSD           1.1                                                                            1.4     1.5    1.1  0.8                                     ______________________________________                                                                     Mole                                                                          Cricket                                                          Color on:    Damage                                                      Entry  7/11   11/27+  Average                                                                             10/4                                   ______________________________________                                                   MI22       8.0                                                                              7.0     7.5   0.0                                               Tift 94                                                                               7.5   6.5     7.0   0.0                                               MI43       7.5                                                                              7.0     7.3   0.0                                               MI5         8.0                                                                             7.0     7.5   0.0                                               Tifdwarf                                                                             8.5    2.5     5.5   2.0                                               Tifgreen                                                                             6.5    3.0     4.8   2.5                                               TW61       7.5                                                                              6.5     7.0   3.5                                               TifEagle                                                                             8.0    3.0     5.5   2.5                                               T501       7.0                                                                              7.0     7.0   1.0                                               T504       6.5                                                                              3.0     4.8   2.0                                               T513       6.0                                                                              6.5     6.3   1.0                                               T529       4.5                                                                              6.0     5.3   2.0                                               T54         6.5                                                                             4.5     5.5   1.5                                               T562       7.5                                                                              7.0     7.3   0.0                                               T563       5.0                                                                              3.5     4.3   1.5                                               T570       8.0                                                                              2.5     5.3   1.5                                               T7           7.0                                                                            7.0     7.0   0.5                                               559         6.5                                                                             3.0     4.8   0.0                                               72-117   7.0  7.0     7.0   1.0                                               72-16     7.0 7.0     7.0   0.0                                               Anova                                                                         Rep         .1189                                                                           .3793   .1021 .5454                                             Entry     .0051                                                                              .0001  .0001 .0027                                             CV           11                                                                             10      8     68                                                5% LSD   1.6  1.1     1.1   1.6                                    ______________________________________                                         Quality ratings:   Color ratings:                                             1 = poor      1 = brown                                                       9 = best     9 = dark green                                                   Mole cricket damage ratings:                                                  0 = none                                                                      5 = worst                                                                     Greens were cut at 8 mm three times per week.                                 *Heading lowered ratings of some plots.                                       **Plots were low in nitrogen.                                                 +rated after cold weather and light frosts.                                   Note:                                                                         Test consisted of 2.6 m × 2.9 m plots with two replications planted     518-92.                                                                  

                  TABLE 10                                                        ______________________________________                                        1996 ratings for greenup and color on Turf bermudagrasses                     in 1992 green test. (Greent96)                                                              Rated April 7                                                   Entry           Greenup  Color                                                ______________________________________                                        MI22            7.0      8.0                                                  MI40                        8.0                            7.0                NI43                        7.5                            7.0                MI5                         7.5                             5.5               Tifdwarf                    5.0                        5.0                    Tifgreen                    4.5                        4.0                    TW61                        7.0                            3.0                TifEagle                    6.0                         5.5                   T501                        7.0                            3.5                T504                        6.5                             6.0               T513                        3.0                            7.0                T529                        6.0                            2.5                T54                         5.5                             2.5               T562                        8.0                            7.0                T563                        3.0                            2.0                T570                        7.0                            7.0                T7                          8.0                              7.0              559                         5.5                             2.5               72-117                      7.5                          6.5                  72-16                        7.5                          5.5                 range                      3-8                            2-8                 Anova:                                                                        entry                      .0001                      .0001                   rep                       .1864                        .1339                  CV                           11                          16                   5% LSD                      1.4                                               ______________________________________                                                                 1.7                                                   Greenup:  Color                                                               1 = poor    1 = brown                                                         9 = best  .sup. 9 = dark green                                                *513 is nice but light green.                                                 Note:                                                                         Test consisted of 2.6 m × 2.9 m plots with two replications mowed a     5 mm. Planted on 518-92.                                                 

                  TABLE 11                                                        ______________________________________                                        1995 ratings on 1994 Very Dwarf Greens Test planted 5-23-94.                  (turf95b)                                                                     Quality on:            Color on:                                                                              Ave-            Ave-                          Entry  5/25*  7/11**  10/4 11/9 rage 7/11 11/27+                                                                              rage                          ______________________________________                                         1     8.0    5.5     6.0  6.0  6.4  7.5  6.5   7.0                            2     7.0    6.0     6.0  6.0  6.3  7.0  4.0   5.5                            3     6.0    5.5     5.5  6.0  5.8  6.0  7.0   6.5                            4     6.5    6.0     7.0  8.0  6.9  7.0  8.0   7.5                            5     7.0    5.5     6.0  6.5  6.3  6.0  7.0   6.5                            6     7.0    5.5     5.0  5.0  5.6  6.0  6.5   6.3                            7     7.0    7.5     7.0  7.5  7.3  7.5  8.0   7.8                            8     6.5    5.5     7.0  7.0  6.5  7.5  5.5   6.5                            9     7.0    6.5     5.5  5.0  6.0  6.0  5.0   5.5                           10     7.0    7.5     7.5  6.5  7.1  7.0  6.5   6.8                           11     7.5    6.5     6.0  5.0  6.3  7.0  6.5   6.8                           12     6.5    6.5     7.0  7.5  6.9  7.0  4.0   5.5                           13     6.5    7.5     5.5  7.5  6.8  6.0  7.0   6.5                           14     7.5    7.0     5.0  5.5  6.3  6.5  7.0   6.8                           15     4.5    5.0     5.0  7.5  5.5  6.0  6.0   6.0                           16     7.5    7.0     6.5  7.0  7.0  6.0  6.5   6.3                           17     6.5    6.0     6.0  6.5  6.3  6.5  6.5   6.5                           18     8.5    9.0     8.0  8.5  8.5  9.0  7.0   8.0                           19     7.0    6.0     7.0  7.0  6.8  7.0  7.5   7.3                           20     5.5    5.5     5.0  6.0  5.5  7.0  6.0   6.5                           21     7.0    8.0     8.5  8.0  7.9  8.0  8.0   8.0                           22     7.0    8.0     4.5  5.5  6.3  8.0  5.5   6.8                           23     5.5    5.5     6.5  7.5  6.3  7.0  6.5   6.8                           24     7.0    7.0     6.0  6.5  6.6  6.0  6.5   6.3                           25     8.5    9.0     7.0  7.0  7.9  8.0  4.5   6.3                           26     6.0    6.0     5.5  7.0  6.1  8.0  6.5   7.3                           27     6.5    6.0     8.0  8.0  7.1  6.5  3.5   5.0                           28     7.0    6.0     6.5  7.0  6.6  6.5  7.0   6.8                           29     7.0    7.0     6.0  6.5  6.6  6.5  7.0   6.8                           30     7.0    6.5     7.0  8.0  7.1  7.5  8.0   7.8                           31     5.5    6.5     6.5  8.0  6.6  8.5  6.5   7.5                           32     7.0    6.0     7.5  7.5  7.0  6.5  5.0   5.8                           33     7.0    6.5     7.0  6.0  6.6  7.5  5.5   6.5                           34     8.0    6.0     6.0  5.5  6.4  7.0  5.5   6.3                           35     7.0    5.0     5.5  5.5  5.8  6.0  6.0   6.0                           36     6.5    7.0     6.0  6.0  6.4  7.5  5.0   6.3                           37     7.5    5.0     5.0  6.5  6.0  6.0  6.0   6.0                           38     7.0    5.5     6.0  5.0  5.9  6.5  4.0   5.3                           39     6.0    6.0     6.5  7.5  6.5  6.5  7.5   7.0                           40     6.0    6.0     6.5  6.5  6.3  7.5  7.5   7.5                           41     6.5    7.0     6.5  7.0  6.8  7.0  7.0   7.0                           42     6.5    8.0     6.0  7.0  6.9  6.5  7.5   7.0                           43     7.5    8.0     4.5  5.5  6.4  7.0  7.0   7.0                           44     7.0    6.0     7.0  8.0  7.0  8.0  7.5   7.8                           45     7.0    5.0     6.0  6.0  6.0  7.0  6.0   6.5                           Tifdwarf                                                                             8.5    9.0     8.5  7.5  8.4  9.0  3.0   6.0                           Tifgreen                                                                             7.0    7.5     8.0  7.5  7.5  6.0  3.5   4.8                           TifEagle                                                                             9.0    9.0     9.0  8.5  8.9  9.0  3.0   6.0                           Anova:                                                                        Rep    .0950  .7612   .4660                                                                              .4291                                                                              .6544                                                                              .8299                                                                              .0898 .1470                         Entry  .0001  .0001   .0001                                                                              .0001                                                                              .0001                                                                              .0001                                                                              .0001 .0001                         CV     8      10      13   9    6    7    12    6                             5% LSD 1.1    1.3     1.7  1.3  0.9  0.9  1.4   0.8                           ______________________________________                                         Quality ratings:   Color ratings:                                             1 = poor      1 = brown                                                       9 = best     9 = dark green                                                   Plots were cut at 6 mm three times per week.                                  *Heading lowered ratings of some plots.                                       **Plots were low on nitrogen.                                                 +Rated after cold weather and light frosts.                                   Note:                                                                         Test consisted of 2.4 m × 2.7 m plots and two replications.        

                  TABLE 12                                                        ______________________________________                                        1996 ratings on 1994 Very Dwarf Greens Test planted on 5-23-94.               (Turf96b)                                                                     ______________________________________                                                                   % Seed  Mole Cricket                               Greenup     Color          Heading damage                                     Entry  4/7      4/7    6/13  Ave.  5/15  10/15                                ______________________________________                                         1     6.5      7.5    7.5   7.5   3.5   1.0                                   2     7.5      6.0    7.0   6.5   1.5   1.0                                   3     5.5      8.0    6.5   7.3   4.5   1.0                                   4     7.0      8.0    7.0   7.5   4.5   1.5                                   5     5.0      8.0    7.0   7.5   3.5   1.0                                   6     6.5      8.0    6.5   7.3   5.0   1.0                                   7     6.5      6.5    7.5   7.0   3.0   1.0                                   8     6.0      8.5    7.5   8.0   5.0   1.0                                   9     3.5      7.0    6.0   6.5   1.0   1.0                                  10     7.0      7.0    6.0   6.5   4.5   1.0                                  11     5.0      6.0    7.0   6.5   1.0   4.5                                  12     5.5      5.0    7.0   6.0   5.0   1.0                                  13     6.0      7.5    7.0   7.3   7.0   2.0                                  14     4.5      8.0    7.0   7.5   3.5   1.0                                  15     4.5      5.0    6.0   5.5   2.0   1.0                                  16     6.0      8.0    6.0   7.0   6.0   1.0                                  17     5.5      7.5    7.0   7.3   6.0   1.0                                  18     6.5      7.0    9.0   8.0   1.5   1.0                                  19     6.0      8.0    7.0   7.5   3.5   1.5                                  20     6.0      8.0    7.0   7.5   4.0   1.0                                  21     7.0      7.5    8.0   7.8   4.0   1.5                                  22     4.5      5.5    8.0   6.8   3.0   2.0                                  23     3.5      4.0    6.0   5.0   1.0   1.0                                  24     6.0      7.0    7.0   7.0   3.5   1.0                                  25     7.0      6.5    8.0   7.3   1.0   1.0                                  26     4.5      4.5    8.0   6.3   2.5   1.0                                  27     6.5      6.0    7.0   6.5   2.5   1.0                                  28     6.5      8.0    6.5   7.3   6.5   2.5                                  29     6.5      8.0    6.5   7.3   4.0   1.0                                  30     7.0      5.5    7.0   6.3   3.0   1.0                                  31     6.5      5.5    7.5   6.5   2.5   2.5                                  32     6.5      6.5    6.5   6.5   3.5   1.0                                  33     5.0      7.0    7.5   7.3   3.0   1.0                                  34     5.0      8.0    8.0   8.0   1.5   2.5                                  35     5.5      8.0    7.0   7.5   6.5   1.0                                  36     4.5      5.5    7.0   6.3   1.0   1.0                                  37     6.0      8.0    6.5   7.3   6.0   1.0                                  38     5.0      7.0    7.5   7.3   1.0   1.0                                  39     6.0      7.0    6.5   6.8   2.0   2.0                                  40     6.0      6.5    7.5   7.0   5.0   3.0                                  41     6.5      8.0    8.0   8.0   4.5   1.0                                  42     6.5      8.0    6.5   7.3   7.5   1.0                                  43     7.0      8.0    7.5   7.8   7.0   1.0                                  44     6.5      8.0    7.0   7.5   4.5   1.0                                  45     7.0      8.5    7.5   8.0   3.5   1.0                                  Tifdwarf                                                                             6.5      6.0    8.5   7.3   1.0   9.0                                  Tifgreen                                                                             8.0      7.5    7.0   7.3   2.0   7.5                                  TifEagle                                                                             7.5      7.0    8.0   7.5   1.0   4.0                                  Anova                                                                         Entry  .0001    .0001  .0001 .0001 .0001 .0001                                Rep    .4519    .8165  .0487 .3884 .0227 .0063                                CV     13       12     7     7     21    47                                   5% LSD 1.6      1.8    1.0   0.9   1.5   1.6                                  ______________________________________                                        Mole cricket damage                                                           Entry   8/02                                                                  Tifdwarf                                                                               8.5                                                                  Tifgreen                                                                              6.5                                                                   TW72    3.0                                                                   Anova   .1226                                                                 CV      25                                                                    5% LSD  6.3                                                                   Greenup Color       % Seed Heading                                            1 = poor                                                                              1 = brown   1 = no heads                                              9 = best                                                                              9 = dark green                                                                            9 = complete heads exserted                               Mole cricket damage                                                                        Dollar Spot                                                      1 = none     1 = none                                                         9 = susceptible                                                                            5 = susceptible                                                  4/07/96 - #11 very susceptible to mole cricket (rated 3)                      6/13/96 - low on nitrogen                                                     6/13/96 - on this date many low ratings due to heading                        8/02/96 - low on nitrogen                                                     8/23/96 - mower raised after this rating                                      Note:                                                                         Test consisted of 2.4 m × 2.7 m plots and two replications mowed at     6 mm.                                                                     

                  TABLE 13                                                        ______________________________________                                        1996 ratings on 1994 Very Dwarf Greens Test planted on 5-23-94.               (Turf96b)                                                                     Quality                                                                       Entry   6/13   8/2      8/23 9/12   10/15                                                                              Average                              ______________________________________                                         1      6.0    4.5      4.5  4.5    6.0  5.1                                   2      7.0    5.5      5.0  6.5    5.5  5.9                                   3      6.0    5.0      5.5  6.0    5.5  5.6                                   4      6.0    6.0      6.0  6.5    7.5  6.4                                   5      6.0    5.0      5.0  5.0    5.0  5.2                                   6      7.0    4.0      3.5  4.5    4.5  4.7                                   7      6.0    6.0      6.5  7.5    7.0  6.6                                   8      5.5    5.0      6.0  5.5    6.0  5.6                                   9      6.0    5.0      4.0  7.5    4.5  5.4                                  10      7.0    5.5      4.5  6.0    6.5  5.9                                  11      6.5    5.5      6.0  5.0    5.5  5.7                                  12      5.5    5.5      4.5  5.0    6.0  5.3                                  13      6.0    5.5      5.5  6.0    6.0  5.8                                  14      5.0    5.0      6.0  6.0    6.5  5.7                                  15      5.0    4.0      3.0  3.5    5.5  4.2                                  16      7.0    6.0      6.5  6.5    8.0  6.8                                  17      6.0    5.5      6.5  6.0    6.5  6.1                                  18      6.5    7.0      7.0  7.5    9.0  7.4                                  19      6.5    6.5      6.0  6.0    7.0  6.4                                  20      5.5    5.5      5.0  4.5    5.5  5.2                                  21      8.0    6.0      5.0  6.5    8.5  6.8                                  22      7.0    6.5      6.5  7.0    6.5  6.7                                  23      4.5    3.5      5.0  4.5    5.0  4.5                                  24      6.5    5.5      6.0  6.5    6.5  6.2                                  25      8.0    6.0      5.0  7.5    6.0  6.5                                  26      5.5    5.5      5.5  5.0    6.0  5.5                                  27      5.5    5.5      6.0  5.5    5.0  5.5                                  28      7.0    5.5      6.5  6.0    6.5  6.3                                  29      8.0    6.5      6.5  7.0    6.5  6.9                                  30      6.0    5.5      4.5  6.0    7.0  5.8                                  31      5.5    6.0      4.5  6.5    6.5  5.8                                  32      6.0    5.0      5.5  5.5    6.5  5.7                                  33      5.5    6.0      6.0  7.5    8.0  6.6                                  34      8.0    6.0      5.0  6.0    5.5  6.1                                  35      5.5    5.0      5.0  5.5    4.5  5.1                                  36      7.0    5.5      5.0  6.0    6.5  6.0                                  37      6.5    4.0      5.0  4.0    4.0  4.7                                  38      5.0    5.0      5.0  4.5    4.0  4.7                                  39      7.0    6.0      5.0  6.0    6.0  6.0                                  40      5.5    5.0      5.0  5.5    5.5  5.3                                  41      7.0    6.0      4.5  6.5    8.5  6.5                                  42      6.0    6.5      5.0  7.0    8.0  6.5                                  43      6.5    6.5      5.5  6.5    5.5  6.1                                  44      6.0    5.5      5.0  6.5    6.5  5.9                                  45      6.5    4.5      5.0  5.5    6.5  5.6                                  Tifdwarf                                                                              7.0    7.0      6.0  5.0    6.5  6.3                                  Tifgreen                                                                              7.0    6.5      5.5  5.0    7.0  6.2                                  TifEagle                                                                              8.5    8.5      8.5  7.5    8.5  8.3                                  Anova                                                                         Entry   .0001  .0001    .0191                                                                              .0001  .0001                                                                              .0001                                Rep     1.0    .0001    .0002                                                                              .0002  .6423                                                                              .0001                                CV      8      9        18   12     14   6                                    5% LSD  1.1    1.1      2.0  1.4    1.8  0.7                                  ______________________________________                                         Quality 1 = poor, 9 = good                                                    6/13/96  low on nitrogen                                                      6/13/96  on this date many low rates due to heading                           8/2/96  low on nitrogen                                                       8/23/96  mower raised after this rating                                       Note:                                                                         Test consisted of 2.4 m × 2.7 m plots and two replications mowed at     6 mm.                                                                    

                  TABLE 14                                                        ______________________________________                                        1995 ratings for mole cricket damage, quality and color                       on 1995 Greens Test planted 4-7-95. (Tifdwf95)                                                             Mole Cricket                                            Quality          Color                                                                              Damage                                           Entry    10/5     11/9   Ave.   11/27                                                                              10/5                                     ______________________________________                                        Tift 94  7.0      7.5    7.3    8.0  1.0                                      Tifdwarf 7.5      7.5    7.5    2.5  2.5                                      Tifgreen 5.5      6.0    5.8    3.5  2.5                                      TifEagle 8.5       8.0   8.3    3.5  3.0                                      T513     5.5      7.0    6.3    6.5  1.0                                      T557     5.0      6.0    5.5    3.5  2.0                                      T568     6.0      6.5    6.3    3.5  3.5                                      T569     6.5      5.5    6.0    2.5  3.0                                      T589     5.5      5.5    5.5    3.5  2.5                                      261      6.0      6.0    6.0    6.0  0.0                                      262      7.0      6.5    6.8    6.5  1.5                                      273      7.0      7.0    7.0    6.5  0.5                                      275      7.5      7.5    7.5    7.0  1.0                                      290      5.0      5.0    5.0    5.5  1.0                                      291      7.5      7.5    7.5    4.5  0.5                                      306      6.5      7.0    6.8    6.0  1.0                                      307      5.5      6.5    6.0    5.0  1.0                                      313      7.0      7.0    7.0    6.5  1.5                                      326      6.0      6.0    6.0    7.0  1.5                                      343      6.5      6.0    6.3    6.0  1.5                                      344      7.5      6.0    6.8    6.0  0.0                                      345      6.5      6.5    6.5    6.0  0.5                                      347      7.5      6.5    7.0    6.5  1.0                                      350      7.0      7.5    7.3    4.0  1.5                                      354      7.0      7.0    7.0    6.5  1.0                                      355      8.5      7.5    8.0    3.0  2.0                                      368      6.5      6.5    6.5    6.0  0.0                                      378      7.5      6.0    6.8    4.0  0.0                                      379      8.0      8.0    8.0    3.0  0.0                                      384      5.0      5.5    5.3    5.5  0.0                                      389      6.0      7.0    6.5    5.5  0.5                                      396      7.0      5.5    6.3    4.5  1.0                                      400      8.0      7.0    7.5    7.0  0.5                                      416      6.5      6.5    6.5    6.0  1.5                                      423      7.5      6.5    7.0    6.0  1.0                                      442      7.5      6.5    7.0    6.0  0.5                                      451      7.5      7.0    7.3    7.0  0.5                                      452      5.5      6.0    5.8    6.5  0.5                                      453      6.5      6.5    6.5    6.0  0.0                                      454      6.4      5.5    6.0    5.5  0.0                                      455      6.5      6.5    6.5    6.0  0.0                                      456      6.5      6.5    6.5    6.0  1.0                                      457      8.5      7.0    7.8    7.0  0.5                                      458      6.0      5.5    5.8    5.0  2.5                                      459      5.5      5.5    5.5    6.0  0.0                                      460      8.0      7.0    7.5    7.0  0.5                                      461      6.5      5.5    6.0    5.5  1.5                                      462      5.5      6.0    5.8    5.5  0.0                                      463      6.5      6.5    6.5    6.0  1.0                                      464      6.5      6.0    6.3    5.5  2.0                                      466      6.5      6.0    6.3    6.0  0.5                                      468      6.0      6.0    6.0    6.0  0.5                                      469      6.0      6.0    6.0    6.0  0.0                                      475      6.5      6.5    6.5    6.0  1.0                                      477      8.0      7.0    7.5    7.0  0.5                                      478      7.0      7.0    7.0    7.0  0.0                                      480      7.0      7.0    7.0    7.0  1.0                                      482      7.0      6.5    6.8    6.5  1.0                                      483      5.0      5.5    5.3    5.5  1.5                                      484      6.5      6.5    6.5    6.5  0.5                                      485      6.0      6.0    6.0    6.0  0.5                                      487      6.0      6.0    6.0    6.0  1.5                                      488      6.5      6.0    6.3    6.5  1.5                                      489      6.5      6.5    6.5    6.5  0.5                                      Anova:                                                                        Rep      .8920    1.0    .9253  .0113                                                                              .0006                                    Entry    .0001    .0001  .0001  .0001                                                                              .0001                                    CV       10       9      7      12   76                                       5% LSD   1.3      1.2    0.9    1.3  1.5                                      ______________________________________                                         Quality ratings:   Color ratings:                                             1 = poor      1 = brown                                                       9 = best     9 = dark green                                                   Mole cricket damage 10/5                                                      0 = none                                                                      5 = susceptable                                                               Note:                                                                         Test consisted of 2.4 m × 2.4 m plots and two replications mowed at     6 mm.                                                                    

                  TABLE 15                                                        ______________________________________                                        1996 quality ratings on 1994 dwarf bermundagrass selections in                1995 Greens Test planted on 4/7/95. (tifdwf96)                                Quality                                                                       Entry   6/13   8/2      8/23 9/12   10/15                                                                              Average                              ______________________________________                                        T513    6.0    6.0      4.5  6.0    5.5  5.6                                  T557    6.0    5.0      5.0  4.0    5.5  5.1                                  T568    5.5    6.0      5.5  5.5    6.0  5.7                                  T569    5.5    5.0      5.0  5.0    5.5  5.2                                  T589    5.5    6.0      6.0  5.0    6.5  5.8                                  261     6.0    4.0      4.5  5.5    6.0  5.2                                  262     5.5    5.5      6.0  5.5    6.0  5.7                                  273     5.5    6.0      6.0  6.0    6.5  6.0                                  275     6.0    5.0      6.0  7.0    6.0  6.0                                  290     4.5    3.5      5.5  3.0    4.0  4.1                                  291     5.0    5.5      5.5  6.0    6.5  5.7                                  306     7.5    7.5      7.5  7.0    7.0  7.3                                  307     5.0    5.5      6.0  4.0    4.5  5.0                                  313     6.0    4.5      5.5  6.0    7.0  5.8                                  326     5.5    5.0      5.5  4.5    5.0  5.1                                  343     5.0    5.5      5.5  6.5    5.5  5.6                                  344     6.0    5.0      6.5  6.5    5.5  5.9                                  345     5.0    4.0      6.0  4.0    4.5  4.7                                  347     5.0    5.5      6.5  6.0    7.5  6.1                                  350     5.0    5.5      7.0  6.0    7.0  6.1                                  354     5.0    5.0      6.0  6.0    6.5  5.7                                  355     8.0    9.0      7.0  6.5    8.5  7.8                                  368     6.5    6.0      4.5  7.5    5.5  6.0                                  378     6.5    6.0      6.0  6.0    7.0  6.3                                  379     5.5    5.5      6.5  5.5    4.5  5.5                                  384     5.0    3.5      4.5  5.5    4.5  4.6                                  389     5.0    5.0      6.0  7.5    7.5  6.2                                  396     5.5    5.5      6.0  6.5    5.0  5.7                                  400     6.0    5.5      5.5  7.0    7.0  6.2                                  416     5.0    6.0      5.5  5.5    5.5  5.5                                  423     6.5    4.5      4.5  4.5    5.5  5.1                                  442     6.0    5.5      6.5  7.0    6.0  6.2                                  451     6.0    6.0      6.5  6.5    7.5  6.5                                  452     5.0    4.5      6.5  4.5    4.5  5.0                                  453     7.0    6.5      5.5  7.0    6.0  6.4                                  454     5.0    4.5      6.0  6.0    5.5  5.4                                  455     6.5    4.0      5.0  5.5    5.0  5.2                                  456     5.0    4.5      6.5  6.0    6.0  5.6                                  457     6.0    5.0      6.5  6.5    7.0  6.2                                  458     4.5    4.5      6.5  4.5    5.5  5.1                                  459     6.0    3.5      5.0  4.5    4.5  4.7                                  460     6.0    5.5      6.5  6.5    8.5  6.6                                  461     5.0    4.0      6.0  5.0    4.5  4.9                                  462     6.5    6.0      4.5  5.5    5.5  5.6                                  463     7.5    5.5      4.5  6.5    6.5  6.1                                  464     5.0    5.0      5.5  5.5    5.0  5.2                                  466     5.5    5.0      5.0  6.0    5.5  5.4                                  468     5.5    5.0      5.0  5.5    5.0  5.2                                  469     5.5    6.0      5.0  6.0    6.0  5.7                                  475     5.0    5.5      6.0  5.5    5.5  5.5                                  477     7.0    7.0      8.0  6.5    7.5  7.2                                  478     6.0    5.5      6.0  5.5    6.0  5.8                                  480     6.0    6.0      7.5  7.0    7.5  6.8                                  482     6.5    6.0      7.0  6.5    6.5  6.5                                  483     5.5    5.5      5.0  6.0    5.0  5.4                                  484     5.5    5.0      6.5  7.0    8.0  6.4                                  485     6.5    5.5      4.5  5.0    4.0  5.1                                  487     5.5    6.0      6.5  7.0    7.0  6.4                                  488     5.0    5.0      5.5  5.5    5.5  5.3                                  489     5.5    6.0      6.0  5.0    6.5  5.8                                  MI40    8.0    7.5      5.5  6.5    7.5  7.0                                  Tifdwarf                                                                              6.5    8.0      6.0  6.0    7.0  6.7                                  Tifgreen                                                                              6.0    6.0      5.5  5.0    5.5  5.6                                  TifEagle                                                                              9.0    9.0      8.0  7.0    8.5  8.3                                  range   4-9    3-9      4-8  3-8    3-9  3-9                                  Anova                                                                         Entry   .0001  .0001    .0001                                                                              .0009  .0001                                                                              .0001                                Rep     .1292  1.0      .8976                                                                              .0414  .3353                                                                              .3653                                CV      9      14       12   15     15   7                                    5% LSD  1.0    1.6      1.4  1.8    1.8  0.8                                  ______________________________________                                         Quality                                                                       1 = poor                                                                      9 = good                                                                      6/13  low on nitrogen                                                         8/23  Height on mower raised after rating                                     Note:                                                                         Test consisted of 2.4 m × 2.4 m plots and two replications mowed at     6 mm.                                                                    

                  TABLE 16                                                        ______________________________________                                        1996 greenup, color, % seed heads and mole cricket damage ratings             on dwarf bermudagrass selections in 1995 Greens Test planted 4-7-95.          (tifdwf96)                                                                    ______________________________________                                                                     % Seed                                                                              Mole Cricket                                         Green up Color     Heading                                                                             Damage                                     Entry     4/7      4/7       5/15  10/15                                      ______________________________________                                        T513      6.0      4.0       6.5   3.5                                        T557      4.0      6.5       3.0   8.0                                        T568      4.0      8.0       1.5   7.5                                        T569      3.5      6.0       2.0   9.0                                        T589      5.0      7.5       1.5   8.0                                        261       6.0      7.5       4.0   1.5                                        262       5.5      8.0       6.0   3.0                                        273       5.5      8.0       6.0   1.5                                        275       5.0      8.0       4.5   2.0                                        290       5.0      8.0       5.5   1.0                                        291       5.0      4.0       2.0   3.0                                        306       5.5      7.5       4.5   2.5                                        307       2.5      3.0       1.0   3.5                                        313       5.5      8.0       1.5   2.5                                        326       6.0      8.0       2.5   2.5                                        343       6.0      8.0       6.5   1.0                                        344       5.5      4.0       4.0   2.0                                        345       5.5      8.0       4.0   2.0                                        347       6.0      7.0       4.0   1.5                                        350       3.5      4.0       3.5   2.5                                        354       6.0      8.0       5.5   2.0                                        355       6.5      7.0       1.0   6.0                                        368       5.5      8.0       4.5   1.5                                        378       5.5      8.5       3.0   1.0                                        379       6.0      4.5       2.0   3.5                                        384       5.0      7.5       4.5   1.0                                        389       2.5      5.5       1.5   1.5                                        396       5.0      8.0       3.0   6.0                                        400       6.0      7.5       5.0   3.0                                        416       5.5      8.0       6.0   2.5                                        423       3.5      7.5       3.5   2.0                                        442       5.5      7.5       4.5   1.0                                        451       6.5      7.5       5.0   2.5                                        452       5.5      8.0       5.0   3.0                                        453       5.5      8.0       3.0   1.0                                        454       6.0      8.0       5.5   2.0                                        455       5.5      8.0       4.0   1.0                                        456       5.5      8.0       6.5   2.5                                        457       7.0      7.5       6.5   1.0                                        458       4.5      7.5       2.0   5.5                                        459       5.0      8.0       3.0   1.0                                        460       5.5      8.0       5.5   1.5                                        461       6.0      8.0       7.0   3.5                                        462       5.5      7.5       4.0   1.0                                        463       5.5      5.5       3.5   1.0                                        464       5.5      8.0       5.0   4.0                                        466       5.0      8.0       4.5   2.0                                        468       4.5      6.5       5.5   1.0                                        469       5.5      8.0       4.5   1.5                                        475       5.5      8.0       4.0   3.0                                        477       6.5      7.5       5.5   1.5                                        478       5.5      8.0       5.0   2.0                                        480       6.5      8.0       6.0   2.5                                        482       6.5      7.5       6.5   2.5                                        483       5.5      8.0       5.0   1.5                                        484       5.0      8.0       4.0   1.0                                        485       6.0      8.0       2.0   2.0                                        487       5.5      8.0       4.5   2.0                                        488       6.0      3.5       5.0   2.5                                        489       7.0      8.0       5.5   2.5                                        Tift 94   7.0      8.0       2.5   2.0                                        Tifdwarf  5.5      5.5       1.5   8.5                                        Tifgreen  6.0      7.5       2.0   8.0                                        TifEagle  7.0      7.0       1.0   4.5                                        Range     2-8      3-9       1-7   1-9                                        Anova                                                                         Entry     .0035    .0001     .0001 .0001                                      Rep       .0039    .0636     .0279 .5678                                      CV        1712     812       2512  3312                                       5% LSD    1.9      1.1       2.0   1.8                                        ______________________________________                                        Mole Cricket Damage                                                                         Mole cricket damage                                                                         Green up                                          Entry   8/2      1 = none       1 = poor                                      Tift94  2.5                    9 = susceptible                                                                  9 = best                                    Tifdwarf                                                                                6.5                                                                 Tifgreen                                                                                6.0              Color                                                                                             Seed Heading                   TifEagle                                                                                3.5             1 = brown                                                                                  1 = no heads                           355            4.5                                                                                      9 = dark green                                                                        9 = complete                                range     2-8                                     heads exserted              Anova - Entry                                                                           .1826                                                               Rep         .4320                                                             CV            32                                                              5% LSD    4.0                                                                 4/7/96 - T557, T568, T589 are susceptible to mole cricket damage both         reps rated three.                                                             Note: - Test consisted of 2.4 m × 2.4 m plots and two replications      mowed at 6 mm.                                                            

                  TABLE 17                                                        ______________________________________                                        Ratings for number of seed heads on turf bermudagrass on                      6-11-96 (A1994, A1995, I1995, I1991)                                                    Test        Increase                                                          1994 1995       1995   1991                                         ______________________________________                                        TifEagle    1.0    1.0        1.0  1.0                                        Tifgreen    2.5                    5.8                                        Tifdwarf          3.5                                                                                            4.3      5.5                                                                               6.5                           #355               1.0                                                        Anova:                                                                        Rep                .1835                                                                                       .5000    .3910                                                                             .9306                           Entry            .0500                                                                                         .0141    .0027                                                                             .0001                           CV                                               17                           5% LSD                             2.0      1.1                                                                               1.3                           ______________________________________                                         Ratings:                                                                      1 = None                                                                      9 = 100% Heading                                                              Note:                                                                         1994 and 1995 test each consisted of two replications. Four random rating     were made on the 1991 and 1995 increase plots (10 m × 10 m).       

                  TABLE 18                                                        ______________________________________                                        Turf quality ratings on Tifdwarf and TifEagle                                 bermudagrass mowed at 3(*), 4(**), or 5(***) mm.                              Turf Quality                                                                                  West Palm                                                                            Hobe Sound,                                                            Beach  FL Jupiter                                             The Landings - Savannah, GA                                                                     Banyan   Island    Overall                                  Oakridge(*).sup.1                                                                        Marshwood(*).sup.2                                                                       GC(**).sup.3                                                                           GC(***).sup.4                                                                         Mean                                   ______________________________________                                        Tif- 5.2       6.0        4.3    7.5 ± 0.5                                                                          5.4                                  dwarf                                                                         Tif- 8.6       8.5        7.5    9.0 = 0.5                                                                             8.3                                  Eagle                                                                              0.005     0.005      0.007          0.0001                               ______________________________________                                         .sup.1 Established practice green on 71-84. Mean of 1995 and 1996 ratings     .sup.2 Established nursery green on 54-94. Mean of 1995 ratings.              .sup.3 Established practice green on 314-94. Mean of 1995 and 1996            ratings.                                                                      .sup.4 Established practice green on 915-95. Mean of 1996 ratings (one        rating) (Mean ± SE).                                                       Ratings: 1 = poor, 9 = best.                                             

                  TABLE 19                                                        ______________________________________                                        Mean turf ratings of Tifdwarf, Tifgreen and TifEagle                          bermudagrass mowed at 3(*), approximately 4(**) and 5(***) mm                 height.                                                                       Pinehurst, NC   Ft. Lauderdale,                                               *4 Course(***).sup.1                                                                                   FL (**).sup.2                                                                               Memphis, TN                            Density     Quality 1995     1996 Memphis CC(*).sup.3                         ______________________________________                                        Tifdwarf                                                                             7.5      7.0     6.3    6.9  4.0 ± 1.0                              TifEagle                                                                                      8.00                8.0   8.3                                                                        8.0 ± 0.0                           5% LSD          0.81.5              0.6   2.1                                 ______________________________________                                         .sup.1 Planted nursery green on 628-93. Mean of 1994 and 1995.                .sup.2 Planted plots in 1993. 1995 is mean of year.  1996 is June 20.         .sup.3 Planted 513-96. 1996 ratings. Mean ± SE. Control cultivar is        Tifgreen.                                                                     Ratings:                                                                      1 = poor,                                                                     9 = best.                                                                

                  TABLE 20                                                        ______________________________________                                        Rating (9-30-96) on bermudagrass turf established on                          5-13-96 at Memphis Country Club. (Memp96)                                     Entry          Density  Color                                                 ______________________________________                                        Tifgreen       3.5 + 1.5                                                                              5.5 + 0.5                                             TifEagle                                9.0 + 0.0                             ______________________________________                                         Notes:                                                                        A)1 = poor, open or brown and 9 = best, dense or dark green for quality,      density and color, respectively.                                              B) Test mowed at 3 mm daily                                                   C) At least 2/3 of the green has heavy shade in the AM. Algae was dense i     the shaded area of Tifgreen but none was observed in TW72.                    D) Rated with Carl Murphree (Rodney Lingle  Superintendent)                   E) onehalf of practice green was planted to each TifEagle and Tifgreen.  

                  TABLE 21                                                        ______________________________________                                        Mean ratings for color and stimp on Turf Bermudagrass on various              golf courses.sup.1                                                            COLOR               STIMP (feet)                                              Marshwood (The Landings)                                                                                               Oakridge (The Landings)              (Savannah, GA) 2                               (Savannah, GA) 3               9 Mar 95    9 Oct 95 x      9 Oct 95                                                                             27 Aug 96                                                                            x                                   ______________________________________                                        TifEagle                                                                             4.0      5.0      4.5  8.1    8.3    8.2                               Tifdwarf                                                                                      3.0      2.82.5                                                                                    7.8    7.6             7.2               t-test for  0.006                0.04                                         significance                                                                  ______________________________________                                         .sup.1 Data was analysed across dates as paired comparison using a `t`        test for significance.                                                        .sup.2 Mowed at 3 mm. Green establiohed 54-94. Superintendents Ralph Hinz     and Alan Young.                                                               .sup.3 Mowed at 3 mm. Green established 71-94. Superintendents Ralph Hinz     and Bobby Sisk.                                                               Note:                                                                         Color: 1 = brown, 5 = green. All greens had two random 6 m × 6 m        blocks of Tifdwarf as a control. Ratings at each date consisted of a          rating on each Tifdwarf block and two random ratings on TifEagle.        

                  TABLE 22                                                        ______________________________________                                        Measurements on 5 cm diameter × 6 cm deep plugs on June 3, 1997         taken                                                                         from unmowed plots planted as single rooted plants from 5 cm pots on          April 10, 1997.sup.1                                                          ______________________________________                                                                     Shoot Leaf  Leaf                                        Green root plus                                                                          No. shoots length                                                                              length                                                                              width                                Entry  shoot wt. (g)                                                                            per 1963 mm.sup.2                                                                        (mm)  (mm)  (mm)                                 ______________________________________                                        Tifdwarf                                                                             7.24       103        22.5  13.4  1.28                                 TifEagle                                                                              8.65      129        17.8  10.2  1.14                                 Flora- 5.01       115        17.7  7.5   1.23                                 dwarf                                                                         LSD      2.29     20         2.2   1.4   0.13                                 (0.05)                                                                        ______________________________________                                                              Internode                                                                     length                                                                   Entry  1      2      3                                       ______________________________________                                                         Tifdwarf                                                                             13.2   12.5   11.8                                                     TifEagle                                                                             10.5   11.1   10.3                                                     Flora- 9.5    9.7    10.2                                                     dwarf                                                                         LSD    1.4    1.6    1.5                                                      (0.05)                                                       ______________________________________                                         .sup.1 Ten replications                                                  

                  TABLE 23                                                        ______________________________________                                        Measurements on 5 cm diameter × 6 cm deep plugs on                      June 3, 1997 taken from plots established May 10, 1996                        and mowed at 6 mm.sup.1                                                                  Green weight of roots                                                                       Number of shoots                                     Entry      plus shoots (g)                                                                             per 1963 mm.sup.2                                    ______________________________________                                        Tifdwarf   15.94         137                                                  TifEagle   14.15         180                                                  Floradwarf 14.67         189                                                  Champion   13.28          188                                                 LSD (0.05) 2.93           33                                                  ______________________________________                                         .sup.1 Five replications                                                 

What is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct cultivar of bermudagrass plant,substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by shortershoot and leaf length, narrower leaves, more shoots per unit area,production of high quality turf when mowed at less than 6 mm height,improved tawny mole cricket resistance after the year of establishmentand a distinct DNA pattern(s) measured by the fluorescent-labeled AFLPmethod.